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RBA

* Alaska

* St. Paul Island, Pribilofs

* June 15, 2008

* AKSPI 08.06.15

Hello Birders, this is the St. Paul Island rare bird alert for the week of June 9-June 15, 2008 sponsored by St. Paul Island Tour. The following sequence of sightings is in taxonomic order; an asterisk denotes a species of less than annual occurrence or one of particular note.

Birds Mentioned:

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

TUFTED DUCK

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Common Goldeneye

Pacific Loon

COMMON LOON

YELLOW-BILLED LOON

Pacific Golden-Plover

Bar-tailed Godwit

Whimbrel (ssp. variegatus)

Pectoral Sandpiper

*COMMON SANDPIPER

*RED-NECKED STINT

*COMMON SNIPE

Short-billed Dowitcher

Red Phalarope

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Herring Gull (ssp. vegae)

Slaty-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Sabine’s Gull

Ancient Murrelet

Snowy Owl

Short-eared Owl

Bank Swallow

*****RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN

*GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH

***COMMON ROSEFINCH

The early part of the week brought us light winds and gorgeous weather. A strong westerly storm began Wednesday night and continued for 24 hours pummeling the island with 50mph winds making birding very tough. By Friday the storm had cleared and the weather settled into light west/southwest winds through the weekend.

WATERFOWL

A pair of TUFTED DUCKS were found on Webster Lake on the 13-14th. Three drake Mallrds were found on Pumphouse Lake on the 12th. A single Common Goldeneye female was seen on Webster Lake on the 13th. A breeding plumaged YELLOW-BILLED LOON has spent the week off Webster seawatch. A Pacific Loon was seen on the 9th & a pair of COMMON LOONS were seen on the 10th off Tonki Point. Northern Shovelers were last seen on the 10th, small numbers of scaup, wigeons, and scoters were seen through the week.

SEABIRDS & GULLS

Three Sabine’s Gull were found loafing in the Salt Lagoon on the 15th. One first-year Slaty-backed Gull remained through the week along with a few Glaucous Gulls, and a single Herring gull was seen on the 10th.

SHOREBIRDS

Our first RED-NECKED STINT of the season was discovered on a small puddle in Kaminista Quarry on the 11th. Two COMMON SNIPES were discovered on the 10th, one on Antone Slough and the other in Fantasy Wetlands. COMMON SANDPIPER continued at Marunich through the 9th. A pair of Red Phalaropes spent the week in Webster Lake. Bar-tailed Godwit was last seen on the 9th, Pectoral Sandpiper on the 10th, Pacific Golden Plover on the 13th. A single Short-billed Dowitcher was seen on the 14th. One variegates Whimbrel was seen in Tattler Cove on the 10th.

LANDBIRDS & PASSERINES

More excitement came this week with the discovery of a female COMMON ROSEFINCH on Hutchinson Hill on the 13th. This bird was flighty but did perch up occasionally giving all satisfactory looks. The RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN discovered on the 8th continued on the 9th giving a new group of birders quality views at this exciting find. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH found on the 13th at Polovina Hill on the 13th was a surprise. Small groups of Bank Swallows were seen all week. Multiple Snowy Owls were seen early in the week delighting our clients, and a Short-eared Owl was seen on the 10th.

Regularly occurring species now present on the island:

Northern Pintail

Green-winged (and Common) Teal

Greater Scaup

King Eider

Harlequin Duck

Long-tailed Duck

Red-necked Grebe

Northern Fulmar

Red-faced Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Semipalmated Plover

Wandering Tattler

Ruddy Turnstone

Least Sandpiper

Rock Sandpiper (ssp. ptilocnemis)

Red-necked Phalarope

Glaucous-winged Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Red-legged Kittiwake

Common Murre

Thick-billed Murre

Pigeon Guillemot

Parakeet Auklet

Least Auklet

Crested Auklet

Tufted Puffin

Horned Puffin

Winter Wren (ssp. priblofensis)

Lapland Longspur

Snow Bunting

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (ssp. umbrina)

For tour information or to make travel arrangements visit our website http://www.alaskabirding.com or call 1-877-424-5637. This is Dylan Radin(dylard96@gmail.com), Cameron Cox, Scott Schuette, the 2008 St. Paul Island Tour guides, wishing you good birding.